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I am going to try this tonight as well. I take it that you are going to follow the last post?

Right. I have finally “developed” a solution that works (Adobe, true to its traditions since I first started using their products in 1989 could not, or would not, find a solution. Useless products by an equally useless company).

Here is how to fix this problem when using TS. I have tested it both on the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003 and the x64 version. Works (for me):

1. Download the latest Flash uninstaller on this page: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=1 and place it somewhere on your hard disk (C:\Temp is a good place)
2. Open a command prompt, navigate to the folder where you placed the uninstaller and run it with the “/clean” option, like this: “uninstall_flash_player.exe /clean” (without quotes – thanks Adobe for so clearly documenting any command line options for this tool…NOT !)
3. Click the Details button. If it lists any files as “Delete on reboot”, then reboot now. Otherwise, just carry on.
4. Download the EXE installation package from here:

http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/ts/documents/tn_19166/Install_Flash_Player_9_ActiveX.zip

5. Use the Control Panel Add/Remove programs method to install it. This ensures that the Windows install notification API triggers correctly (as opposed to executing change user /install in a command prompt).
6. Use regedit and find the following key: HKCR\CLSID\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000} (on 64-bit Windows this one is located under HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000})
7. Remove any permissions for the Everyone group. click Advanced and tick the box to propagate the permissions to all child objects.
8. Add the Everyone group and give it “Read” permissions on the key. Again, click the Advanced button and propagate the permissions to all child objects.
9. Repeat steps 6 to 8 on the subsequent key, called HKCR\CLSID\{D27CDB70-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}

Log on as a norrmal user and test it. The MotoGP site is a good candidate: http://www.motogp.com

Provided that the uninstaller did not report that it needed a reboot in step 3, all this can be done and will start working immediately, even with active users logged on and running several instances of IE on the Terminal Server.

Get a grip Adobe ! Fix your products. But I have little hope of this ever happening…as I mentioned above.

Found this which was very helpful in resolving problems with the Adobe Flash Player in Citrix, do check it out.

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